Martin Scorsese departs from the criminal-entertaining movies and moves towards Christianity and the moral and ethical teachings of the Catholic – drama Silence.
The events takes place in the seventeenth century. Two Jesuit priests, Father Sebastião Rodrigues and Father Francisco Garrpe, go to Japan to find their mentor Father Cristóvão Ferreira. He came into Japan a few dozen years ago with Jesus in the heart, but he committed apostasy in course of time. Moreover, Father Cristóvão Ferreira did not observe silence and wrote letters, in which he attacked the doctrine of Christ, revealing the weaknesses and gaps in the Bible and Christianity.
Jesuits priests sail to Japan to understand how their teacher has become a renegade. However, when they arrive at the destination, missionaries faces with attacks and violent attitude of the local authorities, who are eager to turn the visiting guests into the martyrs of faith.
Any Japanese person, who is suspected in the observance of Christian worship, can be thrown in prison or even put to death. Gradually, the main characters of history drama Silence begin to understand in what conditions was made their mentor and that was the cause of his apostasy. Will they not take the path of apostasy and keep Jesuit vow?